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Abstract
In this paper the phonological and morphological development of Old
Icelandic gýs, plur. gqss 'goose' down to Modem Icelandic is examined
and compared with the development of the place name that appears
as at Gásum (< Ggsum dat. plur.) in the earliest Old Icelandic sources.
It is commonly assumed that the place name is the plural of ggs and
that in Old Icelandic the plural of the common noun and the place
name were identical. On their way down to Modern Icelandic, how-
ever, they have developed in two different directions.